Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian teenager in the West Bank on Wednesday, Palestinian health authorities said, as settler violence against Palestinians surged in the occupied territory.

It was the latest instance of armed Israeli settlers carrying out violent raids against Palestinian villages in the West Bank, often with impunity.

Three Palestinians have been shot dead after dozens of Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian authorities say.Video footage from Kafr Malik, near Ramallah,